Google Trends, International Pervs & Me
I spend a considerable amount of time chained to a computer during the week. Of course I use that time to expand my consciousness and educate myself on global affairs of the highest order. For example, I thoroughly enjoy using Google Trends to find out which countries are perviest. (Yeah, I made that word up. Feel free to adopt it as your own.)
Let’s see Google Trends in action: Take a relatively benign term like “sexy feet” and you learn that Syrians are foot fetishists. Who’d have guessed?
Pakistanis seem to be into “college girls“, the Dutch are “kinky“, and Italians love their “escorts“.
See kids, learning about other cultures can be fun!
However, I hereby warn you that you might get creepy insights into yourself if you play with Google Trends too much. When checking out “vegan” I was surprised to see my hometown of Pleasanton, California as the #2 location for that search term, while “raw food” has Pleasanton at #3. It got even more bizarre when I checked “Ken Wilber“, Pleasanton was #2 again! I thought it couldn’t get any stranger, until I tried “One Taste“, and Pleasanton came up at #1. Clearly, I am a product of my environment. Ha!
Austin, TX is in the top 10 for “beer”, unsurprisingly. And we’re also there for Kinky, but it’s most likely due to our recent independent candidate for governor, Kinky Friedman.
We’re also number one for “rollergirls”.
And my original hometown of Oklahoma City is #1 for “tornado”, I am proud to admit!
And I got a double whammy with “okra”… #1 OKC, #2 Austin!
“Star Trek” has Minneapolis at #6 and San Francisco as #9.
Google trends is awesome. I never thought to use it for fun racial stereotyping, but I will now. I like it for tracking increasing/decreasing public interest. Like “meditation” and “ken wilber” are half as popular as they were 4 years ago. I thought both would be increasing. Anyway, LOVE your blog, byee.